Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Smith, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Joe Smith registered to vote in Dallas County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Joe Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Smith
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJoe Smith reported 9 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Dallas County
- Arch Smithborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1846
- Benjamin Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Chris Smithborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Elijah Smithborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
- Henry Smithborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
Smiths elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 10 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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